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OJ Simpson, the former NFL icon, passed away on Wednesday and his family has now disclosed their plans for his remains.
The sports legend is set to be cremated this coming Tuesday in Las Vegas, with his relatives turning down requests for his brain to be given over to scientific study.
The family of the American football star shared a heartfelt statement on social media confirming his passing.
Their statement read: "On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace." He had been battling prostate cancer. Reports from the New York Post indicate that OJ's family have chosen cremation and have dismissed the idea of donating his brain for research into Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a condition linked to repeated concussions.
OJ was renowned for his time as a running back with the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. Malcolm LaVergne, OJ's lawyer and the executor of his estate, has completed all necessary arrangements for the cremation.
He commented: "With OJ everything's wild, but I've been getting calls from medical centers that are doing CTE testing asking me for OJ's brain... that is not happening." Speaking on OJ's wishes, he revealed: "I may consult with the children on it, but I haven't heard anything about it, so it's just not going to happen.
OJ wants all of his body cremated for his children to do what they see fit." Still left to agree are his four children, two from his marriage with ex-wife Nicole Brown. Doctors have approved the death certificate and documents for cremation, while more paperwork is due to be
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Kato Kaelin remembered Nicole Brown Simpson as a "beacon of light" while discussing O.J. Simpson, who died Wednesday of cancer at the age of 76. Kaelin was living in a guest house at O.J.'s Rockingham Estate the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death outside her home on Bundy Drive in Brentwood, California, June 12, 1994.
who died Wednesday at 76, had a varied career in Hollywood as an actor and a pitchman before his trial for double murder in the 1994 deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.The former Buffalo Bills star with marquee good looks, nicknamed “The Juice,” was at the epicenter of pop culture for his movie, TV and commercial roles throughout the ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s. It seemed, during those days, that you couldn’t turn on your TV without seeing one of Simpson’s Hertz commercials where — as a spokesman for the rental car company — he ran and careened through airports, nor ignore his big-screen work, most notably in the “Naked Gun” movies starring Leslie Nielsen.Simpson was a big enough star, in fact, that he was pitched to the “Terminator” director James Cameron to star in the 1984 action movie — a suggestion that Cameron said later, in an interview with Chris Wallace, he immediately dismissed.
O.J. Simpson, known for his football career and one of the most infamous murder trials in the United States in the 90s following the tragic murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, has died at the age of 76 following a cancer battle. The former football player had been open about his health issues, revealing in May 2023 that he was undergoing chemotherapy.Lauren Graham reveals the last gift Matthew Perry gave herPatrick Swayze’s widow shares heartbreaking moment before his death; ‘I want to live’How Jennifer Aniston and Sandra Bullock built a strong friendshipHis family has confirmed his death with a recent statement, asking the public to “respect their wishes for privacy.” Simpson died Wednesday, April 10, in Las Vegas.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The sensational 1995 trial that saw O.J. Simpson on the stand for murdering his ex-wife and her friend is now on many people’s minds again following news of the infamous figure’s death on Thursday morning.
It's difficult to overestimate just how famous, celebrated and revered OJ Simpson - whose death at the age of 76 was announced tonight - was before that warm California night on June 12, 1994.
O.J. Simpson has died.
view. On Thursday, news broke that OJ Simpson died at age 76 after a battle with prostate cancer. He’s remembered for his past in the NFL and his stint in Hollywood – but, he’s most famous for his 1994 televised police chase in his white Bronco, and his 1995 murder trial.
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